Re: Corydalis sempervirens (Pale Corydalis)

At 04:30 PM 1/31/00 EST, Cindy Johnson wrote:
>
>Gail, do you have reliable snow cover there?  No, we don't.  I also grow
corydalis lutea and it self-seeds prolifically. I happen to grow this one
where it does get morning sun until about 11am or so.  It is fine if you
have a place where you don't care how much corydalis you have and can just
it go to town.  By the way, last fall, someone posted that the name of this
plant has been changed to Pseudofumaria lutea.  Are all Corydalis now
Pseudofumaria? Cindy, your Corydalis semperivirens sounds nice.  Pink and
yellow?  I like that combination.

Gail Korn
Zone 4b

>
>I have 2 kinds, the C. lutea which reseeded alot only 1 out of 2 winters
>that I've had it, and then only within a 10' diameter circle.  The other is
>our native C. sempervirens (pale corydalis), which is reseeding amongst my
>Dicentra eximia (wild bleeding heart).  The leaf shape is so similar it's
>hard to notice the difference (for me) except that the corydalis has bluer
>folliage and pink and yellow flowers.  It doesn't bloom as prolifically as C.
>lutea, but that's ok for a more subtle look in my woodland garden.
>
>Cindy Johnson
>White Bear Lake, MN
>zone 4a
>
>

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